B.C.'s South Coast was hit by an unseasonable downpour on Friday, with Environment and Climate Change Canada saying four weather stations including Vancouver airport broke rainfall records on Friday.
Environment Canada had issued rainfall warnings for many areas of the Lower Mainland on Friday due to the storm. Although the warnings have ended, cloudy and rainy conditions are persisted into Saturday morning.
Estimates from the weather agency show high rainfall amounts throughout the region, including more than 123 millimetres of rain recorded at Port Mellon in the Sea-to-Sky region, as well as 95.4 millimetres in Coquitlam.
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Meteorologists estimate that Vancouver airport saw 43.2 millimetres of rain on Friday — shattering a reco